Read Part 1: I Was There: ’90s Music Read Part 2: FU2 Read Part 3: When Colby College Let Us Take Over the Airwaves as 10th Graders There are so many more to go, but let’s wrap up this portion already. I am just going to be out with it…

Read Part 1: I Was There: ’90s Music Read Part 2: FU2 10. Jeremy — Pearl Jam From the album Ten — do you think Apple did that on purpose? For a handful of years in the mid-1990s, the good people at Colby College in Waterville, Maine thought it fit…

Read Part 1: I Was There: ’90s Music Highlights: Neutral Milk Hotel, Yo La Tengo, Elliott Smith, Tool, and Cat Power. Bonus: Remembering Headbangers Ball As I don’t want this to run into double-digit posts, my strategy will be to put the newest section of this evaluation here and move…

When the tweens in my house start showing a preference for Nirvana t-shirts and platform boots, begging for septum piercings, and saying things like “the ’90s were awesome,” I know I have come full circle. My first reaction is to find this both delightful and woefully misguided. …

★★ Slimming Hydration Recipe Prep time: minimal, though it will need a few days to steep so plan accordingly Cost: $$ key components can already be found in your bathroom cabinet, but pick up some Grade A dark maple syrup and a bag of organic lemons the next time you are at…

or 61 Days Until Coachella! I assume you have all been wisely hibernating these winter months away. Smart choice! So have I. Those extra pounds you put on from stuffing yourself full of Halloween candy served you well! …

Nicolas Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473. He wrote the book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). You guys remember learning about heliocentrism, yes? I have nothing more to say about this but sometimes, when I like to feel very small and infinitesimally insignificant…

and it’s all gone! October 10 has a strange list of holidays including the following feast days of Catholic Saints, Arbor Day in Poland, World National Mental Health Day, and World Porridge Day. The Old Farmer’s Almanac says that today is a good day to go camping or straighten hair…

August 22nd is the Full Sturgeon Moon. It’s also a blue moon. The Old Farmers Almanac says that this month’s moon was named as such because it was observed that the fish in the Great Lakes were more plentiful this time of year. …